August 2010 - August was a rather
frustrating month for us. My laptop hard drive had to be replaced. But we did
have on line and disc back up all of our site data. However on August
19th many of the Gen Web sites got hacked including the three sites I maintain;
those being LaPorte County, Indiana; Berrien County, and Cass County, Michigan.
Even though they are maintained on different providers, a group out of China
was able to break the log in security passwords and add a Trojan to the main
index pages. This is the first time in 10 years that I have been hacked. I will
be checking the FTP uploader daily from now on to see if anyone has been into
the system who is non-authorized.
So with this double whammy of having to reload my
laptop computer and scrub viruses off of sites, it has been extremely time
consuming and put me behind schedule. Make sure you clear your histories and
have a good virus protection on your computer. Avast is the latest and seems to
be the best at the present time to protect against the viruses. You can find a
free download for it on line.
Month Of June
County Infirmary - aka - County Poor
Farm
In June I did a study on the
Old County
Infirmary. Although it does not encompass the hundreds that have passed
through it doors over the decades, we did seek out census reports and articles
to honor these forgotten souls. We also added to the County Infirmary Cemetery
with burials we located through death certificates and news articles. This
allowed us to list others that did not appear on census records.
New stories added to the Old Time News and Stories:
Check out our link at: http://berrien.migenweb.net/news.htm
Previous Months Updates
Month of April 2010 - Capsized ! Lake Michigan has always
be notorious for capsizing and sinking ships when she starts to roll. People
who have never seen the lake before state: it reminds them of an ocean. In the
month of April, I expanded on the stories of boats and ships capsizing on the
rive and the lake.
Lodging by the Lake gives a glimpse of some
of the Hotels and Inns that came in to existence in the 19th Century along what
was known as Hotel Row in St. Joseph.
Life Saving Crews of St. Joseph
Michigan - talks about a few of the brave souls who took on this challenge.
Some paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Old Time News and Stories:
Check out our link at: http://berrien.migenweb.net/news.htm
Little by little, we continue to add to our old time schools,
veteran information, family stories, cemetery listings and tidbits of anything
and everything that folks send in to us about Berrien County, Michigan.
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List of
things needed for the site.
| Item |
Date
Limits |
Added comments
(Sources should always be noted when known) |
| Biographies Ancestors of Berrien County |
Up to 1975 |
Please no gedcoms
& no DOB's for any
living individual |
| Cemetery information |
no time limit |
Individual or cemetery listings of
burials |
| County Scenery and Building photographs |
no time limit |
Old and new county photos welcome |
| Death Dates |
no time limit |
Person should have once lived in Berrien
County |
| Family photographs |
Up to 1950 |
Individual or group photos are great! |
| Family Records |
up to 1950 |
Bible, Journals, Letters, Notes |
| Houses of Worship |
no time limit |
Photos and/or information on some of the
histories of same |
| Obituaries |
Up to 1975 |
Please include cemetery buried in, if not
stated in obituary and if you know burial location |
| Old news paper clippings (typed) |
up to 1950 |
For our Family and County tidbit pages. |
| Schools |
up to 1950 |
School photos and/or class rosters
and
photos of old schools |
| Veteran Information |
no time limit |
Let's salute our Veterans and their final
resting places.
Send your Veterans name and place laid to rest. |
Have something news worthy, contact us at: mailto:berrienmigenweb@yahoo.com
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